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Bill Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 174 Virginia HB 174 (2026)
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Virginia HB 174 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws — 210 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
  • Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
  • Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102908D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB174)
  • 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing referral-committee
  • 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER) passage
  • 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-14 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB174)
  • 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5989c27b-c49e-46fa-a974-1be5e9339439. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).